Game 3: Penguins 3, Capitals 2 (OT)

Washington's Alex Ovechkin celebrates after scoring the first goal of Wednesday night's Game 3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Nicklas Backstrom's first goal of the postseason tied the game to force overtime, but the Penguins won on Kris Letang's goal.

Alex Ovechkin celebrates after scoring the first goal of the night. Ovechkin scored 1:23 into the game as a bad bounce in Pittsburgh's end landed right on his stick.

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After tallying his first career postseason hat trick Monday night, Sidney Crosby settles for two assists, including a secondary assist on the game-winner.

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Washington's Tomas Fleischmann is taken down by Pittsburgh's Ruslan Fedotenko. Fedotenko would later score the Penguins' first goal of the game in the second period.

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Caps fans do a little dancing during Game 3 action Wednesday night in Pittsburgh.

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Alex Ovechkin chases down the puck in the first period. Ovechkin was one of only three Capitals to finish with a plus rating on the night.

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Alex Ovechkin had to go airborne in order to score his fifth goal of the series.

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Washington's Michael Nylander fires a shot on goal during first period action. A rash of injuries led to Nylander seeing his first action since Game 2 of the Capitals' first round series against the New York Rangers.

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Alex Ovechkin collides with Penguins defenseman Hal Gill. Ovehckin had seven hits on the night, the second most on the Capitals behind defenseman Milan Jurcina.

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Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke knocks Washington's Tom Poti out of the crease. Cooke was a member of the Capitals for their playoff push last season.

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Penguins rightwinger Bill Guerin spins and shoots in the third period. Goaltender Simeon Varlamov made 39 saves on 42 shots in Game 3 but let the last shot he saw get through.

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A Pittsburgh fan taunts Alex Ovechkin with an altered poster.

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Alex Ovechkin jumps into the pile to celebrate with his teammates after Nicklas Backstrom scored the game tying goal at the end of regulation to force overtime. Though this was Backstrom's first goal of the series, he has tallied a point in each game, pitching in an assist in both Game 1 and Game 2.

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Capitals goalie Simeon Varlamov crouches on the ice as the game-winning goal ricochets out of the net in overtime.

Penguins Fight BackArticle | PITTSBURGH, May 6 -- Nicklas Backstrom scored his first goal of the playoffs with 1 minute 50 seconds remaining in regulation Wednesday night at Mellon Arena. But, in the end, his clutch goal only delayed the inevitable for a Washington Capitals team that was outshot by 19, assessed seven penalties...

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Capitals-Penguins playoff historyPhotos | The Capitals and Penguins boast dueling superstars in Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby and have split their last eight regular-season games, but where it counts -- in the postseason -- Pittsburgh has prevailed seven of eight times.